Win Streak Extends To Four As Illinois Earns 4-2 Victory At Oregon

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EUGENE, Ore. – Fighting Illini girls’s tennis prolonged their win streak to 4 matches with Friday’s 4-2 victory at No. 53 Oregon. The first win of Illinois’ Pacific Northwest journey noticed head coach Evan Clark‘s squad get on the board first after which comply with up with three wins on the singles courts from the UO Student Tennis Center.

With the Illini’s fourth straight win, Illinois improved to 9-7 on the season and 5-1 in Big Ten play. The Orange and Blue are actually 3-3 this season when enjoying away from residence.

Illinois opened Friday’s motion successful the doubles level for the sixth time of the season. The Orange and Blue tandem of Kimiko Cooper and Ariel Madatali cruised to a 6-0 win at No. 3 doubles earlier than Cara Mester and Alice Xu teamed up for a 6-3 victory to clinch the open level.

This season, Cooper and Madatali are actually 2-0 when working collectively whereas Mester and Xu improved to 2-1 as a duo.

Mester pushed the Illinois benefit to 2-0 with a straight-set 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 6 singles. The sophomore gained her third straight resolution with Friday’s match and has now gained eight of her final 9 matches. Across the season, Mester owns a 14-4 report, which incorporates an 8-2 twin match mark, and 5-1 studying in Big Ten play.

McKenna Schaefbauer adopted with a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 1 singles for her fourth-straight win. The Illini senior owns victories in seven of her final eight selections. For the primary time in his profession, Schaefbauer has achieved a 20-win singles marketing campaign along with his general report sitting at 20-7. The Normal, Ill., native holds an 11-3 report in twin play and 5-1 mark in Big Ten outings.

Oregon acquired on the board with wins at No. 5 and three, respectively, to pull the rating inside 3-2.

After falling 6-2 in her first set of singles play, Cooper earned a 6-4 resolution within the second body. The Illini freshman adopted that up with a 6-3 third-set win to clinch the 4-2 victory for Illinois. Cooper’s clinch at No. 2 singles was her first of the season and makes the Australian the fifth completely different Illini to safe a match for the Orange and Blue this 12 months. Cooper has now gained his final 4 selections and improved to 7-5 general and 3-0 in Big Ten play.

The match at No. 4 singles would go unfinished.

NEXT UP

Illinois will shut out play from the Pacific Northwest on Sunday at No. 20 Washington at 2 pm CT.

#52 ILLINOIS (9-7, 5-1) 4, #53 OREGON (11-7, 2-4) 2

Doubles:
1 – Jagare/Symons (ORE) def. Tess Bucher/McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) – 6-4
2 – Cara Mester/Alice Xu (ILL) def. Furutani/Santitto (ORE) – 6-3
3 – Kimiko Cooper/Ariel Madatali (ILL) def. Daughters/Mihulka (ORE) – 6-0

Order of end: 3, 1, 2

Singles:
1 – No. 29 McKenna Schaefbauer (ILL) def. Tilde Jagare (ORE) – 6-1, 6-3
2 – Kimiko Cooper (ILL) def. Olivia Symons (ORE) – 2-6, 6-4, 6-3
3 – Virginia Crocker (ORE) def. Ariel Madatali (ILL) – 6-2, 6-3
4 – Tess Bucher (ILL) vs. Patsy Daughters (ORE) – 7-6(4), 4-5, unfinished
5 – Hinata Furutani (ORE) def. Alice Xu (ILL) – 6-4, 6-2
6 – Cara Mester (ILL) def. Bridget Mihulka (ORE) – 6-2, 6-1